Friday, May 14, 2021
It s a collaboration we didn t know we needed, but it s a collaboration we’re really looking forward to, as it s been announced that Duran Duran will be joined by Blur’s Graham Coxon for a performance at this year’s Billboard Music Awards.
Duran Duran, who made their Billboard chart debut all the way back in April 1981 with Planet Earth/Girls on Film, will be playing at the event as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations.
Excitingly, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor will be premiering a new single on the night. The band will stream their performance from the UK and will be joined by indie hero Graham Coxon.
Stephen Fretwell’s songs have a magic touch.
And as the songwriter returns to the public eye, following a thirteen year hiatus, he can feel safe in the knowledge that his magnificent, haunting new studio album ‘Busy Guy’ is complete, set for a glorious summer release.
Growing up in Scunthorpe, the musician and songwriter, who is now 39, moved to Manchester in the early nineties. Living and breathing music in and around the Northern Quarter, his choice of city showed his desire to establish himself as an artist, while engaging with the tremendously influential music culture.
Featuring songs like ‘Emily’ and ‘New York’, Fretwell’s debut album ‘Magpie’ came out in 2004, followed by ‘Man On The Roof’ in 2007. As much as performing alongside bands such as Oasis, Elbow, Keane, and playing bass with The Last Shadow Puppets, his song ‘Run’ was part of BBC1’s sitcom Gavin and Stacey, where it became an instant classic.
Victorious Festival adds REWS, Porridge Radio, Jaguar Skills, Black Honey, and more
joining Madness, The Streets, and Royal Blood
published: Tue 4th May 2021
daily capacity: 65000
Victorious Festival have added
Southsea Seafront in Portsmouth, over the bank holiday weekend of
Friday 27th to Sunday 29th September 2021.
Friday will be headlined by Madness, The Streets top the bill on Saturday, and Royal Blood close the Sunday. Also confirmed are Richard Ashcroft, Rag n Bone Man, and The Kooks, Feeder, Peter Hook and the Light, and Terrorvision, Craig David, TS5, Nile Rodgers and Chic, Frank Turner, Blossoms, The Fratellis, Morcheeba, Reef, The Lathums, Stereo MC s, Seth Lakeman, Supergrass, Fontaines D.C., Miles Kane, Melanie C, Cast, Glasvegas, The Snuts, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Beans on Toast, and more.
Victorious Festival adds Nile Rodgers and Chic
plus Frank Turner, The Lottery Winners, Ella Eyre, Annie Mac & more
published: Fri 30th Apr 2021
daily capacity: 65000
Victorious Festival has confirmed their Sunday Castle Stage headliner will be
Southsea Seafront in Portsmouth, over the bank holiday weekend of
Friday 27th to Sunday 29th September 2021.
Also added to the bill are
.
Friday will be headlined by Madness, and will also feature: The Kooks, Feeder, Peter Hook and the Light, and Terrorvision. The Streets top the bill on Saturday, plus: Richard Ashcroft, Rag n Bone Man, Craig David, TS5, Blossoms, The Fratellis, Morcheeba, Reef, The Lathums, Stereo MC s, Seth Lakeman, The Holloways, and Wild Front. The festival will be closed on Sunday by Royal Blood, following performances by: Supergrass, Fontaines D.C., Miles Kane, Melanie C, Cast, Glasvegas, The Snuts, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Beans on Toast, and Louis Berry.
Rating:
Verdict: Ticks by enjoyably
The six years since his last album have been tough for Tom Jones. The singer lost Linda, his wife of 59 years, in 2016 and also found himself in hospital with a bacterial infection.
As he was leaving the ward, his doctors suggested it might be time for him to slow down a bit. He politely rejected their advice: ‘That was a red rag to a bull,’ he says.
He has since resumed his role as a coach on ITV talent show The Voice, where he is a wise mentor to aspiring singers, and today releases his 41st album.